Nursery confusing 'there' with 'their' and STILL not correcting it when brought to ^their^ attention!

[lovecat]

Well, I hope I don't make too many mistakes here ... I'm hoping this is a relatively safe place to vent about dd's nursery.

When I went in this morning there was a note taped to the classroom door, asking parents to make sure that they emptied 'there' children's trays out on a regular basis and also to ensure that 'there' pegs were checked to make sure that nothing was left there at the end of the week. In total there were about 7 "there"s in the message, all spelt the same despite the different meanings.

As dd is only 2.8 and a while away from writing yet, I suppose this isn't wildly important, but this sort of thing irritates the pedant in me, especially in a place that 'takes an active role in promoting learning' (according to their mission statement). So I mentioned it to the nursery nurse. She bit her lower lip in a kind of 'oops' expression, said it wasn't her that had written it out, then took it down.

So when I came to pick dd up tonight, the message was back up again. Uncorrected.

I feel like bringing in a red marker pen on Monday and doing it myself...

[smartiejake]

Yes I thought that was strange. But it's not even thiefs it's thieves!!!!

[roisin]

I work in a secondary school and noticed a spelling error on a display board - just before Ofsted were due in actually.

I tactfully and lightheartedly pointed it out to the colleague responsible. She laughed and said a few other people had mentioned it already too, but she "couldn't change it now"

[snowleopard]

pmsl at baggets, passionfruits and "I done me own shoes up"! Classic

I'm a roaring pedant but I have to let these things go. People have different strengths, and actually very few people are good at spelling - nursery staff are the last people I would demand it of. I think I would and will make a fuss if teachers do it though, as it is part of their job to teach it.

At our nursery it is touching because although a lot of them can't spell or punctuate, somebody is obviously checking and they do try. You get notes home that have been edited and tippexed by someone to correct spellings. Often the correction is wrong too. I just think... Bless! (Patronising pedant, sorry, is that even worse than nitpicking pedant?)

[sparkybabe]

Edam -i know the joke is about the panda but the one I heard is about an australian...and it's def Roots. (It means something rude in australia)

[Flame]

DD came home with a mother's day card saying "Your the best"

It gives a bad impression of the preschool.

[pania]

I got a certificate when I was 5 or 6 for "Excellant Spelling"

[smartiejake]

dd1 bought a father's day mug from a school PTA sale once that said "Daddy your're the best" 1

[Tigerschick]

With regard to the OP - I would have mentioned it and been a little irked had it not been corrected. I know that spelling and grammar are not necessarily everyone's strengths (certainly not mine which is why I check everything at least twice) but it presents a poor image of the establishment.

With regard to the comment about a teacher not recognising a passion fruit - it makes me wonder about people who think that teachers should know everything. There was someone on MN a while ago complaining because her ds's teacher didn't know the name of a particular type of sushi . How long do people think it takes to train as a teacher? Because the amount of information they need to take in to satisfy some poeple would take a lifetime to accrue!
Sorry - you can see that I have a bee in my bonnet about this one

[sparkybabe]

Sorry Tigerchick - I just think that a 25 year old (not necessarily a teacher) should know about a passionfruit, they're not that exotic! Esp. when the school are big on healthy eating, and ask parents to bring in different fruits for the kids to try.
Oh and I hate it when people say would of, instead of would have. My boys do it all the time, I think they do it to wind me up now.

[Tigerschick]

Sparkybabe - sorry, you just happened to be in the firing line when this particular rant errupted .

There are so many things that annoy me I couldn't begin to list them!

[Unfitmother]

Your right to be cross especially when you've told them there wrong.

[Tommy]

this would drive me mad too. I'm afraid I don't like the idea of people who can't spell looking after my children - don't know why but there you go.

[ayrshirelolo]

Yes, that would drive me up the wall too! My favorite recent one was from the letter my local hospital sent me when I was pregnant with dd. It gave me loads of advice about what to drink before the scan and then said "you can eat normal". I thought it was a one off, but am now up the duff again, and received the same letter, 16 months later. Eat normal what? Sorry, rant over!

[Bubble99]

I must go and scrutinise the nursery displays tomorrow.

Our deputy manager is Spanish and speaks perfect English. During the summer she grew flowers with the children and we had a photo display with some pictures of the children sniffing them. The caption read - 'How does it smell like?'

Not perfect, of course, but a totally reasonable mistake form a non-native speaker. Much less offensive than....

'I done me own shoes up.'

[CrookshanksinJimmyChoos]

My DS (17mths)frequently comes home with his food diary filled in with gems such as:

Brockili
Lasange
Coissant

I do feel tempted to cross it through with a red pen BUT think I'll save the pedant behaviour for when he's learning how to spell himself and will obviously need to see correct spellings....

[DaisyMoo]

I have been known to lurk with a pen around misspelled signs at pre-school then bottle it at the last minute

I'm more bothered by dd's reception teacher saying "was you upset?" to her one day last week Didn't say anything because I'm a chicken!

[lovecat]

Well, the sign is still up there and my cowardice has overcome my pedantic nature!

Daisymoo, I too have to grit my teeth at the the 'was you sick?'-type verbal thing going on at the nursery - if dd ever comes home talking like that I think I shall have to remove her forthwith... but we're in Essex, so where do we go next? I'm partly resigned to dd speaking like that if we remain here